Mottoes in Latin

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An overview of Latin Mottoes used in civic heraldry.

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Mottoes are very common in the British-style heraldry (UK, Australia, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand), and much less common in other countries. Therefore the large majority of the mottoes listed here are from towns and councils in the British region.

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The mottoes are listed by language and sorted by first letter. For clarity no capital letters are used, except the first letter as well as personal or town names. A translation in English is provided when available.

Mottoes with Latin as the original language.

Motto	Translation in English	Used by
A deo et regina/rege	From God and the Queen/King	Frimley and Camberley, Richmond, Steenhuize-Wijnhuize
A magnis ad maiora	From great things to greater	Stepney
A mare labor		Saint Pierre et Miquelon
Abeunt studia in mores		University of St. Mark and St. John
Absit invidia	Let there be no ill-will	Limavady
Absque labore nihil	Nothing without labour	Darwen, Stalybridge, Halton
Ad culmina	To the summits	College of the Rockies
Ad pontes prospicimus	At the bridges we look forward	Staines
Ad solem prospicimus	We look towards the sun	Spelthorne
Ad summa nitamur	Let us strive for perfection	Croydon
Adhuc hic hesterna	The things of yesterday are still with us	Chichester RDC
Adsumus ut adiuvemus		Rhondda Cynon Taff
Adveniat regnum tuum	Thy kingdom come	Saint Patrick's Basilica, Ottawa
Aedificemus	Let us build	Greater Sudbury
Aequitas iudicia tua domine		Roermond
Alacres illo coluerunt	Eagerly they toiled to that end	East Elloe
Alcmaria victrix	Alkmaar is victorious	Alkmaar
Alios delectare juvat	It is our pleasure to please others	Hunstanton
Alta sententia	With high purpose	Arnold
Alte volo	I fly high	Heywood
Altiora petimus	We seek higher things	Finsbury
Alto nomine	Of high renown / Alton by name	Alton RDC
Amicitia omnibus rebus		Ridgetown
Amoeniora Litora nostra	Our shores are more delightful	Mablethorpe and Sutton
Amoenitas et antiquitas		North Westmorland
Amoenitas et salubritas	Delightfulness and healthiness	Shepway
Amoenitas, salubritas, urbanitas		Ryde
Amoenitate quies		Whitby RDC
Amor Angliae rustica	Love of Rural England	Osgoldcross
Animo et fide	With courage and faith	Carshalton, Medicine Hat, Stockport
Animus fluiminum vires populi		Coquitlam
Antiqui coolant antiquum dierum	Let the ancients worship the ancient of days	Chester
Antiquum obtinens	Holding fast to tradition	Warwick
Arate sulco recte	Plough a straight furrow	Rochford RDC
Ardens fide	Burning faith	Brentwood
Ardua vince merendo	Overcome difficulties by service	Winchester RDC
Arte et labore	By skill and labour	Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen
Arte favente nil desperandum	Our skill assisting us, we have no cause for despair	Leek (Staffordshire)
Arx celebris fontibus		Harrogate
Aspice respice	Look forward, look backward	Wellingborough
At spes non fracta	Yet hope is not broken	Blaenavon
Attingo rura	I manage the countryside	Thingoe
Audaces prorsum	Boldly forward	Boldon
Audacter et sincere	Boldly and frankly	Castleford
Audemus dum cavemus	We are bold whilst we are cautious	Wallasey
Audentior	With greater boldness	Watford
Auxilio divinio	By divine aid	Devon
Avorum honori		Cumberland (Ontario)
Bene consulendo	By good counsel	Derbyshire
Benedicte fontes domine	O all ye springs, bless ye the Lord	Buxton
Camera principis	The prince's chamber	Coventry
Cantate domino	O sing unto the Lord	Holy Saviour Church, Waterloo
Caput inter nubila condit		Gateshead
Caritas pro armis		Basiliek van de H. Pancratius te Tubbergen
Castella supra fluvium	A castle on a river	Flint
Castello fortior concordia	Peace is stronger than a fortress	Northampton
Castrum ruri dat consilium		Caistor
Cave	Beware	Ware
Cave et spera	Beware and hope	Chapel-en-le-Frith
Cavendo tutus adversa sperno		Settle
Centum salutationes		100 Mile House
Cives oppidi fundamenta	Citizens are the foundations of a town	Kenilworth
Civitatis fortuna cives	The fortune of the state depends on the citizens	Bebington
Cognosci ut melius facias	To know so as to better do	Collège Sainte-Anne de Lachine
Com et hom		Villa Minozzo
Conamine augeor		Mthatha
Concordia	Harmony	Tandridge
Concordia amicitia conjuncta	Concord with friendship	Sawbridgeworth
Concordia prorsum	Forward in harmony	Aylesbury Vale
Concordia salus	Salvation through harmony	Montreal
Concordia vincit		Northam
Conjuncti prosperamus		Bethlehem (Free State)
Consilio absit discordia	Let discord be absent from your deliberations	Whitehaven
Consilio et animo/animis	By wisdom and courage	Eton, South Buckinghamshire, Wanstead and Woodford, Surbiton, Featherstone, Kiveton Park
Consilio et concordia	By counsel and good fellowship	Bocking
Consilio et prudentia	By counsel and by wisdom	Atherton, Burgess Hill, Halstead
Consilio et labore	By counsel and work	Manchester
Consilio semper publico	Ever in the public interest	High Peak
Constans - fortis - stabilis	Constat, strong, stable	Nakina
Constanter et recte	Steadfastly and justly	Hemsworth
Constantia basis virtutum	Steadfastness is the foundation of the virtues	Andover
Constantia scientia prudentia	By steadfastness, knowledge and foresight	Newcastle under Lyme
Copia est labor	Industry brings prosperity	Horwich
Copia et concordia	Harmony and abundance	Vacoas/Phoenix
Confitemini domino	O give thanks unto the Lord	Holy Trinity Church, Chatham
Cor unum	With one heart	Grand Falls, Huntingdon and Peterborough, Soke of Peterborough
Cor unum via una	One heart, one way	Broxbourne
Cor viride provinciae	The green heart of the province	Chilliwack
Corde uno sapientes simus	With one heart let us be men of understanding	Cambridgeshire
Crede signo	Believe in the sign	Rochdale
Crescente luce		James Cook University
Crescit sub pondere virtus	Manliness grows out of adversity	West Devon
Cum aquila alte volemus	The welfare of all is our concern	Garstang
Cunabula foedris		Charlottetown
Curandum omnium bonum	Let us soar high with the eagle	Cambridgeshire
Custodi civitatem domine	O Lord, watch over the city	Westminster
Custos hereditatis		Basiliek van de HH Agatha en Barbara te Oudenbosch
De profundis		Bedlingtonshire
Debentur omnia deo	We owe everything to God.	Deben
Decus et tutamen		Gravesend
Defendamus	Let us defend	Taunton
Dei sub numine viget	Under god's power she flourishes	Princeton University
Deo adjuvante	By the help of God	Wellington (Somerset)
Deo adjuvante labor proficit	With God's help our labour is successful	Sheffield
Deo adjuvante non timendum	With God's help there is nothing to fear	Louth
Deo confidemus	We trust in God	West Ham
Deo juvante		Monaco
Deo teste valeamus	With God as our witness, let us be strong	Test Valley
Deprimit elatos levat Alexandria stratos		Alessandria
Deus dat incrementum	God giveth the increase	Warrington
Deus nobis haec otia fecit	God hath granted us this ease	Liverpool
Deus et patria	God and country	Robert Land Academy
Deus noster refugium et virtus	God is our refuge and strength	Dewsbury
Deus per omnia	God pervades all things	Islington
Dirigere non dominari	To direct but not to dominate	Alcester
Discendo floremus	Through learning we flourish	Grant MacEwan University
Domine est dirigere	It is for the Lord to direct	Gipping
Domine dirige nos	Lord, direct us	London
Domine salva nos	Lord save us	Henfield
Dominus nobis sol et scutum	The Lord is our sun and shield	Banbury
Domus pacis et iustitiae		Basiliek van Sint Walburgis te Arnhem
Ducit amor oppidi	The love of our town leads us.	Malden and Coombe
Dum cresco spero	While I grow I hope	Bromley
Dum defluent amnis/amnes	Till the river(s) cease(s) to flow	Elmbridge, Walton and Weybridge
E glande querqus	From the acorn, the oak	Dorking and Horley, Wokingham
E mari merces	Wealth from the sea	Halifax (Nova Scotia)
E pluribus unus/unum	One out of many	Eston, United States
E ventis vires	From the wind, strength	Seaford
Ecce agnus dei		Basiliek van Sint Johannes de Doper te Laren
Erimus	We shall be	Middlesbrough
Et patribus et posteriati/posteris	Both for our ancestors/past and our prosperity	Hitchin, Wychavon
Ex igne resurgam	I will arise out of fire	Lisburn
Ex mare Dei gratia	From the sea by the grace of God	Canvey Island
Ex sapientia modus		University of New England
Ex terra copiam e mari salutem	From the land fulness and from the sea health	Worthing
Ex terra opes	From the earth wealth	Coalville, North West Leicestershire
Ex terra vigemus	From the earth prosper	Sedgefield RDC
Ex undis	From the waves	Eemsmond, Hefshuizen, Uithuizermeeden
Ex unitate vires	Out of unity strength	South Africa (old), Pembrokeshire, Preseli
Exemplo sint virtutis		Saint Albans RDC
Extollitur ad astra		Ponzone
Falce marique potens	Powerful with the sickle and on the sea	Larne
Famam extendere factis		East Retford RDC
Fervet opus		Evesham RDC
Festina diligenter		Surrey Heath
Festina lente		Audenshaw, Gaby, Walmer
Festina lente cauta fac omnia mente	Haste, less speed and do everything with understanding	Venlo
Festina prudenter		Bagshot
Fiat secundum verbum tuum	Let it be done according to thy word	Saint Marylebone
Fide condita, fructu beata, spe fortis	Founded in faith, rich in the fulfilment thereof, strong in the hope for the future	Christchurch (New Zealand)
Fide et diligentia		Woking
Fide et fiducia		Golborne
Fide et fortitudine	By faith and fortitude	Penrith, Braintree RDC
Fide et industria	By faith and industry	Kirkby, Mid Devon, Royston (Yorkshire)
Fide et labor(e)	By faith and industry	Harpenden, Walsingham
Fidelis	Faithful	Abbeville
Fidelis adque/etque fortis	Faithful and brave	Ards, Newtownards
Fidelis sapiens justus	Honest, thoughful, just	South Herefordshire
Fidelitas urbis salis regis	The faithfulness of the city is the safety of the king	Bridgnorth
Fides et justitia	Faith and justice	Farnborough
Fides invicta triumphat	Unconquered faith triumphs	Gloucester
Fides probata coronat	Confirms what has been proved good and true	Ashburton (New Zealand)
Fiducia et vi	By confidence and strength	Slough
Finis coronat opus	The end crowns the work	Wigston, Seychelles
Firma et stabilis	Safe and sure	Kirkham
Firmior	Stronger	Brentford and Chiswick
Firmum est cor meum		Pontifical North American College
Floreat qui laborat	May industry flourish	Darlington
Floreat industria	He prospers who labours	Rawtenstall, Batley, Darlington
Floreat verbi praeconio		Archdiocese of Glasgow
Florebo quocumque ferar	Wherever I may go, I will flourish	Réunion
Floruit floreat	May it flourish as it has flourished	Newbury
Fluctuat nec mergitur	He who rises with the wave is not swallowed by it	Paris
Fortibus tantum pugna pro patria		Viguzzolo
Fortes creantur fortibus	The brave beget the brave	Gorinchem
Fortis est veritas	Strong is truth	Oxford
Fortis et liber	Strong and free	Alberta
Fortis inarduis	Strong in difficulties	Middleton
Fortiter defendit triumphans	'Triumphing by brave defence	Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Fortiter et fideliter	Bravely and faithfully	Fulwood, Guildford RDC, Guildford
Fortitudo et spes	Endurance and hope	Stockton-on-Tees
Fortitudo mea civium fides		Volksrust
Fortunata non mutat genus	Circumstance does not change our origin	Cape Breton
Fraternitas - aequalitas - soliditas	Fraternity - equality - solidarity	Grenville
Fruges ecce paludis	Behold the fruits of the marsh	Mirfield
Frumentaria ubertatis nobilis		Granja de Torrehermosa
Fuimus et sumus	We have been and we are	Whitby
Gaudeat ager	Let the field be joyful	Fylde RDC, Fylde
Haec libertatis ergo	All for the sake of freedom	Leiden
Haec lumina numquam errantiae	These lights never wander	Castlegar
Haec otia studia fovent		University of Liverpool
Hic manebimus optime		Arenzano
Hinc vides		Carignano
Hoc sidere vivo		Alice Superiore
Honeste nec timide	Honestly but not timidly	South Staffordshire
Honeste progrediemur conando	Let us progress by honest endeavour	Seisdon
Honor alit artis	Honour sustains the arts	Burton-upon-Trent
Honor et industria	Honour and industry	Bacup
Hora et sempere	Now and always	South Northamptonshire
Hostes nunc amici	Foes now friends	Abergavenny
Humanitas virtus fortium		Front
I pede fausto		Oadby
Ibi stabilitas et perennitas	In this place there is stability and continuity	Bury (Quebec)
Ignem veni mittere in terram		Pontifical English College
Imperium in imperio		Wetherby
In consilio consilium		Armagh, Lancashire
In consilio sapienta	There is wisdom in counsel	Tewkesbury
In dei nomine feliciter		Basiliek van de H. Willibrordus te Hulst
In deo fidemus	We trust in God	Brighton
In deo imperium sed populus administrat		Bruce County
In deo speramus	In God we hope	Brown University
In fraternitate unitas	Unity in brotherhood	Edmundston
In hoc signo vinces		Basiliek der Heilige Kruisverheffing te Raalte
In libertate labor		Villa Bartolomea
In libertate vis	Our strength is our freedom	Merton and Morden
In loco delicioso	In a delightful place	Cricklade
In montibus ad flumen	In the mountains by the river	Fernie
In montibus fortitudo		Fenestrelle
In nomine dei	In the name of God	Basiliek van de H. Amelberga te Susteren
In novitate vivam		Novi Ligure
In praecipiti stantem	Steadfast on the edge	Alderley Edge
In pulvere vinces	By effort you conquer	Acadia University
In reliquiam laboramus	We work for the future	Rayleigh
In terra divitiae	In the earth, riches	Blaby
In unitate felicitas		Windsor and Maidenhead
In unitate florescemus	In unity we shall flourish increasingly	Pendle
In unitatem coeamus	Let us go forward together	Feltham
In veritate victoria	Victory is in truth	Loughborough, Charnwood
Incertum quo fata ferunt	Nobody knows where you will be leaded	Wyk auf Föhr
Industria arte prudentia	By industry skill and foresight	Calderdale
Industria didat	Progress through industry	Knottingley, Radcliffe, Widnes
Industria et perseverantia	By inustry and perseverance	Marlborough District and Region, Brantford
Industria et spe	Labour and hope	Skipton
Industria intellegentia prosperitas	Industry intelligence prosperity	Brockville
Industria navem implet	Industry fills the ships	Halton
Industria omnia vincit	Industry overcomes all things	Morley
Industria virtute et labore	By dilgence, courage and work	Yeovil (Borough)
Industriis et labore cresco	By work and industry I grow	La Tuque
Ingenio floremus		Witney
Ingenium et consilio		Irlam
Ingenium industria alitur	Skill is fostered by diligence	Ripley
Ingredior roebus – cyllaros egredior		Bagnacavallo
Integri procedamus		University of Ghana
Integritas unitas firmitas	Integrity, unity, strength	Leduc
Intento animo	With earnest mind	Rotherham RDC
Inter arbores florimus	We flourish among the trees	Rockcliffe Park
Inter sylvas et flumina habitans	Living among woods and streams	Castle Morpeth
Interiora ruris		Wealden
Invicta	Unconquered	Kent
Invictae fidelitatis praemium	Let us go forward together	Hounslow
Iuncti progrediamur	Reward for faithfulness unconquered	Hereford
Jesu flos matris virginis	Jesus, flower born of the Virgin Mother	Saint Mary's Cathedral Basilica, Halifax
Jubilate deo	Make a joyful noise onto the Lord	Christ Church Cathedral, Hamilton
Jure et dignitate gladii	By the right and dignity of the sword	Cheshire
Juste nec timide	Be just and fear not	Farnworth
Justitia et virtute	By justice and virtue	Leominster
Justus ut acer	Just like the maple	Gloucester (Ontario)
Juvat impigros deus	God defends the diligent	Huddersfield
Lab initio ad futurum		Ancaster
Labor et concordia	Work and concord	Longueuil
Labor improbus omnia vincit		Blitar
Labor in venatu	Work in the Chase	Cannock, Cannock Chase
Labor ipse voluptas	Labour itself is pleasurable	Cornwall Collegiate and Vocational School
Labor omnia vincit	Labour overcomes all things	Ashton-under-Lyne , Bradford, Chiredzi, Wrexham-Maelor, Wrexham County Borough, Ilkeston, Mpumalanga, Chadderton, Salto, West Bromwich
Labora si vis tondere	Work if you would reap	Whiston
Labore et perseverantia	Through labour and perseverence	London (Ontario)
Labore et prudentia	By labour and prudence	Brighouse
Labore et scientia	By labour and science	Jarrow
Labore ipse memores		Lincolnshire - Parts of Holland
Labore omnia florent	All things prosper by industry	Huntingdonshire (County), Eccles
Leges sine moribus vanae	Laws without character are worthless	University of Pennsylvania
Leo terram propriam protegat	Let the lion protect his own land	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Levavi oculos meos in montes	I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills	Malvern
Libera deinde fidelis	Faithful because free	Godalming
Libertas per sapientam	Through wisdom, liberty	University of Lincoln
Liduina sponsa Christi		Basiliek van Sint Liduina te Schiedam
Liliis tenaci vimine jungor		Amiens
Luctor et emergo		Zeeland (provincie)
Lumen monstro pro salute	A great light to greet you	Burnham-on-Sea
Lux et humanitas	Light and humanity	Blackwell
Lux et veritas	Light and truth	Yale University
Lux salubritas felicitas	Light, health, happiness	Clacton
Malang nominor sursum moveor	They call me diagonal, but I move upwards	Malang
Manu forti	With a strong hand	Mackay
Mare didat flores decorant	The sea enriches and the flowers adorn	Exmouth
Mare didat pinusqe decorat	The sea enriches and the pine adorns	Sheringham
Mare et ferro	By sea and iron	Redcar
Mediis Tranquillis in Undis		Borkum
Mellis ex labore dulcedo		Melazzo
Memor ruris disciplinae custos	The mindful guardian of the rural way of life	Macclesfield RDC
Memores acti prudentes futuri		North Hertfordshire
Memores boni consili	Mindful of our worthy purpose	Macclesfield
Mens corpus animus	Mind body spirit	Balmoral junior secondary school
Mente et manu	By mind and hand	East Hampshire
Miles domini indefessus	The soldier of the Lord is never weary	Nieuwolda, Scheemda
Ministando dignitas	Dignity in service	Leyton
Ministando vigilans	Vigilant in our serving	Mole Valley
Monemus et munimus	We counsel and protect	Monmouth
Montes excelsi refugio		North Cotswold
Montes prosperitatem vident	The mountains are witness to my prosperity	Madiun
Montes rivique nobis inspirant	The mountains and their streams are our inspiration	North Vancouver (District)
Montis insignia Calpe	Of the mountain called Calpe	Gibraltar
Moribus antiquis pareamus	Let us ever hold fast to the old virtues	Bungay
Multis periculis supersum		Coevorden
Multum in parvo	Much in little	Rutland
Navem mercibus implere	Fill the ships with goods	Runcorn
Nec aspera terrent		Duchy of Braunschweig
Nec ferro nec igni		Appleby
Nec temere nec timide	Neither rashly nor timidly	Craven, Oswestry, Barnard Castle
Nec virtus nec copia desunt	Neither virtue nor plenty are lacking	Macclesfield
Neque terrent monstra		Saint-Étienne-de-Montluc
Nisi dominus aedificiaverit	Unless the Lord build	Rickmansworth
Nisi dominus custodierit civitatem	Except the Lord keep the city	Halifax (Yorkshire)
Nisi dominus frustra	Unless God be with us all will be in vain	Chelsea
Nobis habitatio felix	A happy dwelling place for us	Wilmslow
Non metu sed vi		Cavaglià
Non minima sed maxima petimus	Not the least but the greatest we seek	Great Aycliffe
Non nobis solum	Not for ourselves alone	Beckenham, Worsley
Non omniapassi nec ab omnibus		San Salvatore Monferrato
Non progredi est regredi	Not to go forward is to go backward	Chigwell, Ruislip-Northwood
Non sibi sed patriae	Not for oneself but for one's country	Freebridge Lynn
Non vi sed virtute domatur		Cumiana
Nostrum est rura tueri	Our task is to look after the needs of the countryside	Clitheroe RDC
Nunquam non paratus	Never unprepared	Congleton
O lector salve coeli pateant tibi valve	O reader hail, may the Gates of Heaven stand open for thee	Haverfordwest
Obstantia amovet	He pushes away obstacles	Lasalle
Omnia ad dei gloriam	ll things for the glory of god	Mount Pearl
Omnia bona bonis	To the good all things are good	Harwich
Omnia vincit labor		Borzonasca
Omnibus optimum	The best for all	Gedling
Omnis vita labor		Hemiksem
Oni heuri in fedir	You cannot reap unless you sow	Carmarthen, Carmarthen RDC, Neath RDC, Neath Borough
Opes consilio parit	Wisdom begets wealth	Bridgwater
Opes industria parit	Industry begets plenty	Bingley
Oppida rusque una	Town and countryside in unity	Waverley (Surrey)
Optima petamus	Let us seek the best	Darlington
Opus nostrum dirige	Direct our work	East Suffolk
Ora et ara	Pray and plough	South Kesteven RDC
Ora et labora	Pray and work	Arucas, Lichfield
Optimum sufficit	Only the best is enough	Ulverston
Pace belloque fidelis		Reggio nell'Emilia
Pannus mihi panis		Kendal
Parva componere magnus	Small but comparable with great	Oakham
Pax et justitia	Peace and justice	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Pax vobiscum	Peace be with you	Gananoque
Per angusta ad angusta	Through hard times to prosperity	Antrim (county)
Per ardua ad summa	Through difficulties to the heights	Beddington and Wallington
Per ardua in fide servite deo	Through difficulties serve god in faith	Sutton (London Borough)
Per aspera ad astra	One reaches the stars only through difficulties	Cirebon, Gouda
Per bellum patria	Through war, a nation	Battle
Per crucem per coronam	Through the Cross through the Crown	Epping Forest
Per deum et industriam	By God and industry	Banbridge
Per ilsuo, contrario		Paget
Per laborem progredimur	We make progress through hard work	Amber Valley
Per mare et per terram	By sea and land	Boston (Borough)
Per mare per ecclesiam	Through the sea through the church	Southend-on-Sea
Per pacem ad industriam		Vereeniging
Per periculua ad decus ire juvat	Let it rejoice thee to set dangers at nought in the quest of honour	Scarborough
Per salubritatum opes	Through health, wealth	Ilkley
Per sapientam constantiamque victoria	Triumph through wisdom and endeavour	Erewash
Per undas, per agros		Cambridgeshire
Perfero	I carry through	Cumberland
Persevera	Persevere	Stroud
Perseverantia vincit	Perseverance succeeds	Lincolnshire - Parts of Kesteven
Plechelmus pastor et servus		Basiliek van de H. Plechelmus te Oldenzaal
Pons fortis corda robusta	A solide bridge, strong hearts	Pakenham
Porta maris portus salutis	A gate of the sea and a haven of health	Margate
Porta vagae		Ross-on-Wye
Post mortem patris pro filio	Held after the death of the father for the son	Pontrefact
Post proelia concordia	After the battle, concord	Hinckley and Bosworth
Prae salem notanda	Famed for salt	Preesall
Praecepta non homines	Principles, not men	Newport Pagnell
Praesidemus	We stand on guard	Military Ordinariate of Canada
Pratis preasto virentibus	Amid green meadows I proudly stand	East Grinstead
Pretiumque et causa laboris		Burnley
Primus et princeps	First and foremost	Annapolis
Principa non homines		Sandbach (Congleton)
Prisca constantia	Ancient and loyal	Newcastle under Lyme
Pro aris et focis		Emarèse
Pro bono omnium	For the good of all	Tendring
Pro civibus et civitate	For the citizens and the city	Fulham
Pro deo et populo	For God and the people	Bishops Stortford
Pro patria	For the Motherland	Cornwall (Ontario)
Pro rege et fide audax	Bold for King and faith	Bideford
Pro rege et lege	For king and law	Leeds
Pro rege et patria	For king and fatherland	Saint-Quentin
Pro rure et focis	For our countryside and our homes	Yeovil RDC
Pro rure pro patria	For countryside and country	Hertford RDC
Pro tanto quid retribuamus		Belfast
Pro tribus donis simillis terdona leonis		Tortona
Prodesse	To serve	Hindley
Proficit homo terra manet	A man passes on to better things whilst earth remains inviolate	Ryedale
Progredi et conservare	Progress with preservation	Pershore
Progredi prospere		Headingley
Progrediamur	We progress	Ellesmere Port
Progrediens confimatur animus	Our spirit is strengthened by advancing	Bletchley
Progredior	I progress	Orpington
Progressio cum populo	Progress with the people	East Ham
Progressio et concordia	Progress and concord	Kettering, New Maryland
Progressus et stabilitas	Progress and stability	Brighton (Ontario)
Propria tuemur	We look after what is ours	Southborough
Prosperitas in excelsis	Flourishing well	Saint Helens
Prosunt gentibus artes	Arts profit the people	bermondsey
Prosunt gentibus artes	Arts profit the people	Bermondsey
Providencia proficiemus	By foresight we progress	Norton
Providentiae memor		Swakopmund
Prudens futuri		Letchworth
Pugna pro patria	Fight for your country	Aldershot
Pulchra terra dei donum	This fair land is the gift of God.	Herefordshire
Pulchritudo et salubritas	Beauty and health	Bournemouth
Quae recta tene	Hold fast that which is right	Romsey
Quaecumque vera	Whatsoever things are true	University of Alberta
Quam bonum in unum habitare	What a good thing it is to dwell together in unity	Kensington and Chelsea
Qui transtulit sustinet	He who transplanted us, sustains us	Connecticut
Quid nobis ardui	What is hard for us	Kensington
Quod improbum terret probo prodest	To the dread and terror of the bad and to the reward of the good	Penzance
Ramosa cornua cervi	The branching horns of the stag	Woodstock
Recordamur omnium	We are mindful of all	Kimberley
Rectam via sequi	To follow the right road	North Kesteven
Recte fac noli timere	Do right, fear not	Prestwich
Regeneratio		Luinjeberd
Regi et deo semper fidelissima		Perpignan
Regnant qui serviunt	They rule who serve	North East Derbyshire, Chesterfield RDC
Regnum dei intra vos est		Basiliek der Onze Lieve Vrouwe ten hemel opneming te Zwolle
Remis Saba Velisque	With all one's might	Saba
Res gestae res futurae	Things past, things future	Amersham
Respice aspice prospice	Look to the past, the present and the future	Bootle, Knutsford, Tettenhall
Respice finem	Regard the end	Boksburg
Respice (et) prospice	Look to the past and the future	Stoke Newington, Trowbridge]], Hoylake
Resurrectio		Terband
Rex et nostra jura	The King and our rights	Great Yarmouth
Rident florentia prata	Our flowering fields rejoice	Downham
Rosa concordia signum	The rose, emblem of harmony	Northamptonshire
Ruris artes fovere		Ringwood and Fordingbridge
Rus gratiis musisque dignum	A countryside worthy of the Graces and Muses	Bathavon
Sacerdotes domini vocabimini		Pontifical Filipino College
Sacrarium regis cunabula legis	Shrine of the King, cradle of the law	Saint Edmundsbury
Sal est vita	Salt is life	Northwich
Salubritas et erutidio	Health and erudition	Cheltenham
Salubritas et industria	Health and industry	Swindon
Salus	Health	Montecatine Terme
Salus et felicitas	Health and happiness	Sale, Torbay, Torquay
Salus et opus	Health and wealth	Kamloops
Salus naufragis salus aegris		Ramsgate
Salus populi	The welfare of the people	Rushcliffe, Southport
Salus populi suprema (est) lex	The welfare/good of the people is the most important law	Eastleigh, Harrow, Lytham St. Anne's, Tipton, Mid Sussex, Lewisham, West Lancashire, Swinton and Pendlebury, Salford, Urmston, Willenhall
Salutatio		Welkom
Salve magna parens	Hail great mother	Lichfield
Sanctae nomine crucis	The Holy Cross by name	Waltham Holy Cross
Sancte Lamberte ora pro nobis		Basiliek van de H. Lambertus te Hengelo
Sanguis meus novi testamenti		Basiliek van de H. Petrus te Boxtel
Sanitate crescamus	May we grow in health	Croydon
Sapere aude	Dare to be wise	Oldham
Sapienter et audacter	Wisely and boldly	Sandton
Sapienter proficiens	Progress with wisdom	Nottinghamshire
Sapientes simus	Let us be men of understanding	Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely
Scientia Ingenium artes		University of Wales
Secundum Tamesim quovis gentium	By the Thames to all peoples of the World	Thurrock
Sed coelom solum		Renison University College
Semper acceptus	Always welcome	Paignton
Semper contendo	Ever pressing forward	Crewe
Semper eadem		Leicester
Semper fidelis	Always faithful	Bath (Ontario), Exeter
Semper procedens	Ever progressing	Lancaster RDC
Semper proficimus	We progress continually	Leyland
Semper progrediamur	Let us progress together	Crewe and Nantwich
Semper progrediens		Sint Maarten (eiland)
Semper prorsum		Aylesbury
Semper renascor		Palembang
Semper serio	Always in earnest	Hatfield
Serio servire	Earnestly to serve	East Dorset, Wimborne and Cranborne
Serva fidem	Keep faith	Blackburn RDC
Servire contendimus	We strive to serve	Chertsey
Servire populo	To serve the people	Bromley
Sic nos non nobis laboramus	Thus we labour, but not for ourselves	Pocklington
Sic virescit industria	Thus industry flourishes	Rotherham
Sic vos non vobis		Baldock
Sicut quercus virescit industria	Industry flourishes like the oak	Mansfield
Signum salutis semper	Ever the sign of health	Bridlington
Sine labe decus	Honour without stain	Wimbledon
Sine pavore sine favore	Without fear or favour	Penrith RDC
Sit tibi sancta cohors comitum	To thee be the band of comrades dedicated	Congleton
Societas florebit	Fellowship will blossom	Benfleet, Castle Point
Sol et pastor deus	God is my sun and shepherd	Sunbury-on-Thames
Sol et salubritas	Sun and health	Bexhill-on-Sea
Sola bona quae honesta	Those things alone are good which are honourable	Royal Leamington Spa
Solis ortum conspicere	To behold the sunrise	Yorkshire - East Riding
Solium gloriae dei		Basiliek der Onze Lieve Vrouwe Sterre der Zee te Maastricht
Sparsa collegit		Hamilton (city, Bermuda)
Spe nemo ruet	With hope, no one shall fail	Spennymoor
Spectemur agendo	Judge us by our actions	Barnsley, Chorley RDC, Hammersmith, Hammersmith and Fulham, Lambeth, Gert Sibande
Spes bona		Western Cape
Spes nostra salve		Basiliek der Onze Lieve Vrouw van het Heilig Hart te Sittard
Spirat in deo	Put your hope in God	Northleach
Splendor sine occasu	Splendor without diminishment	British Columbia
Stabit saxum fluet amnis	The rock will remain and the river will flow	Clitheroe
Stella clavisque Maris Indici	Star and key of the Indian Ocean	Mauritius
Studio fide animis		Saint Faiths & Aylsham
Sub cruce floreamus	May we flourish beneath the cross	Poulton-le-Fylde
Sub equoaequitas	Under the horse there is equity	Vale of White Horse
Supera moras	Overcome delays	Bolton
Superba et confidens		Sint Eustatius
Suprema a situ	Supreme by position	Wellington (New Zealand)
Surgamus ergo strenue	Let us arise with vigour	Baildon
Surgimus	We rise	Saltburn and Marske by the Sea
Suum cuique tribuere		Wrexham RDC
Tam cras quam hodie	As much for tomor­row as for today	Wellingborough RDC
Tempori parendum	We must move with the times	Stockton
Tempus rerum imperator	Time is the ruler of all things	Elora
Tenax et fidelis	Firmness and faithfulness	Beau Bassin - Rose Hill, Dartford
Tenax proposti		Ballymena Academy
Terra hereditas nostra		Constantia Valley
Terra marique	On land and sea	Thornton Cleveleys, Newport (Wales)
Thesauros in argo	For we have treasures in the field	Wisbech RDC
Turpe nescire	It is a disgrace to be ignorant	Queen Elizabeth Grammar School
Turris fortissimo est nomen Jehova	The name of the Lord is our strongest tower	Plymouth
Ubi fides ibi lux et robur	Where there is faith there is light and strength	Birkenhead (England)
Ubi incrementum est via vitae		Marystown
Ubi lux ibi labor		Valleyfield
Ubi nunc sapientis ossa Merlini	Where now are the bones of wise Merlin	Marlborough
Unio silvae marisque		Mahone Bay
Unio fortis		Chivasso
Unitas	Unity	Rustenburg
Unitate et labore	Unity and labour	University of Nairobi
Unitate fortior	Stronger by union	North Yorkshire, Heston and Isleworth
Unitate praestans	Excelling by unity	Preston RDC
Unum deum in trinitate veneremur		Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Quebec
Unum e pluribus	One made out of many	Wokingham
Unus cum viribus duorum		Abbotsford
Urbis et orbis honor		Beaune
Urbis palladium et gentis		Pau
Urbs in rure	The town in the countryside	Solihull
Usque ad terminos orbis terrarum	To the ends of the earth	Anglican Catholic Church of Canada
Ut homines liberi sint	That men may go free	Egham
Ut proavi in Deo confidemus		Enniskillen
Ut tibisic aliis	Unto thyself so to others	Bicester
Utraque parte fluminis	On either side of the river	Wyre
Utrique fidelis	Faithful to both	Monmouthshire
Vale sape	Be strong	Vale Royal
Velut silva floreat	May she flourish as the forest	East Dean
Veritas nobis lumen	The truth is our light	University of Cape Coast
Vestigia nulla retrorsum		North Cowichan, Buckinghamshire
Vetera novaque tueri	To safeguard the old and the new	Malton
Vetustas dignitatem generat	Age begets dignity	East Retford
Vi dei terraque		Richmond RDC
Via veritas vita	The way, the truth, the life	University of Glasgow
Vicinas urbes alit	She nourishes the neighbouring cities	Spalding UDC
Vicit vim virtus	Virtue conquered force	Haarlem
Vigilantes	Watchful	Cleethorpes
Vigilate deo confidentes		Zuid Holland
Vigilate et orate	Watch and pray	Clevedon
Vincet amor patriae		Conzano
Vincit omnia industria	Industry overcomes all things	Bury
Vires acquirit eundo	We gather strength as we go	Brandon
Vires contexamus arti		Castle Donington
Virtus veritas libertas	Virtue, truth and freedom	Glossop
Virtute et industria	By virtue and industry	Bristol
Virtute et vigilantia	By courage and vigilance	Dorking
Virtute in factis	By courage in our deeds	North Wiltshire, Calne and Chippenham
Vis unita fortior	United strength is stronger	Crosby
Vita musis gratior	Life is more satisfying through the muses	Haslemere
Vita veritas victoria	Life truth victory	Derry	-	Vitam excolvere per artes		Chiavari
Vivat floreat crescat	May it live, flourish, and grow	Drummond
Vivit post funera virtus	Virtue outlives death	Nottingham
Volat ad aethera virtus		Sambuca di Sicilia
Volet Gander		Gander